Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-27
BRITISH coLUnBIA.
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Dxan ez IL az fcrrusE lsster I re-
fsrrsa % tie treaty of Ufsrsbt. l7Is.
whsFshy Kaeiand aeqslrsd Giarzilsf.
sIinsrss. tie HrDsos Bar TEn4EroEus
New Foanaisnd. &eadiz, etc. whish
fressy dssasa TIE dfvsdscR Inns ia North
western Amsries. bstuees he British
&c ths nsrsk. H1d the Spanish and
Frensh territories oR the so7th. Spain
ard FFanss, being pagsies 70 shst frssay,
we're itmise1 10 the 43.h oarai1sl, hsose
essd only e0srsv fRis - fAaf Lee.
Tbs party cry, ~ 4G or 6Rht.n sas
sfHpiy q clap frap ia the DssrccFatie
platfcrm, bsted with she promise Of
sddiBe 70 tie E1FtbEsst ~ much fires
soil as the annexation Of Isxas had
sddsd For the eztensiea q slavery. aid
ihns heal TIE wgants u thoss diss4tss-
fed ~ e5nseqas1es % thai annexation,
aud Ess their vstss.
egMTaoL N N0sTHwGsrKzs AMEEtcA.
I prsmissd 20 say more sboat your
aFiiaie. II have c5EFsctly interpreted
your i4nenass about the sstezne 70 per-
Detasss British control. Yoa aiieRs tAzt
iks Fraser river sold "a nof s.psa. jet
Il vas proclaimed b. SIR James D0ng-
lass and his oo1frefes as . gold. region
(knowing Il Old no. ''psns D. and ; Il
censs fee granted for shining within q.
ETC.. the sole otisot being 70 make Vie
lor4a, b O.. q British rival Of San Fran
cisco. II this Il Y0ar nssarinR, Il alleges
= very lOW and oontemptible deosptlgn.
All the qlsm0ar-'sthe boldusss Of con
cspti0n. successful insaauration, !" eta.
etc, thrown aFoucd Sir Jamss, ozRnot
cover over the fact that be allared
miners into q1asi gold rsgjsn which
does not pan, from California and the
fsot quarters Of she globe. h bald % q
British rival Of San Francisco. FOR.
tunatsly for him and his ooufrsres,"
you say, "thst the unknown and uaan
tlcipatsd riches u Carr1h0o and CaesiaF
hsys ainca rescued she Fraser rivsF ex-l
citement and is authors from az dep an
ob'o1sv ~ attended = nnted predecessor,
the South see Babbie.'"
xTxD woEB EoR SIN JAMEa DOUGLASS.
FoFtapateIy for him and HE con
ffefsa, LET me SAY. that yoo have MADE
Fies. who kneg him we'll, are yet alive
aud can speak from personal knowledge.
Whatever Sir James has done was done
By him N good faith. know person
ally hls high character. bis pr0bity; but
q is not my purpose 20 euloRizs Sir
James. bus 70 say be vas far above any
snspicion Of Wiilfglly deosivinR the
warid AZ large, and much m0rs bis ow0
countFynen.
SIR James Douglass Is dad When
recall the DAYS Of 1850, when PaRet
sound incurred for It's dead, over
Wbeimed By tbs sudden h0stiiities Of
its o&n Indiana and its farm houses
living In ashes. end read his letter OF
November 6, 1855, saying. "Ihe morn
effect 81 the steamer BsSveF's visit b
she Sound will be poWeFfully felt By the
oafivo Indian tribes, and may con
iribute 10 some measure 10 eonhrm
their vaveEinR loyalty. and 70 detach
them from TIE general Indian confede-
Faey.
Il trust ia God that such may be the
event, and have again TO exrress my
deep regret that We have net 3 MOTE
efficient force to send 20 yOar relief"
such sympathy IN our distress de-
a
regret 20 fad a witness OF tbs trying
scenes Of lS55 the hFst TO impuRn the
netives Of 80 good and 50 great q man.
Bat neither will nov assertions. any
more than you're, make history. The
facts In the case are more potent than
words.
Located st Fort Townsend during the
gosd e1aitemsnt 10 British Columbia, l
tsrtaH 4lar -
the time, bat tha limits Of this article
VIII not admit more than TO stats that
while minsfs WCre pouring int the
Pages Senud country. Ia the Pacific
Mail steamship Coiumhia, and we're
lancinR Vt PORT Tognssnd. NJ. Bah
cock, II the firm Of B4beoek 4 Forbes,
agents FOR said steamship company.
coming ashore on one occasion 40 Port
Townsend, rtqussied 10 see tho pFinci-
pie owners OF that t0wn, had sn inter
view with Captaia 4. +. Fowler and A.
A. Piammer, hnfried away, established
his coal depot at Port Ludlow tempo
TAfily, and aeon after obtsinsd deslra-
be recommendations Ia Victoria harb0F,
where he constructed a wharf, coal
depot and warehouse suitable for the
oompany'a nse ard created facilities for
TO village on the A~eTioan side could
boast. THIS undoubtedly had much 20
do Ia giving preminaHee to Victoria.
Before the advsEt Of the miners. Gov.
Douglass. In replying 10 toast, whish
expressed the hope that Victoria. like
her graciops namesake, Her Majesty tue
Queen, rsight increase rapidly aud have
= large fAg,ily. awelt with lively salts
faction upou the fact that everyone then
IN that place found lucrative employ.
meat, we're improving in substantial
wealth and possessed comfortable
hsmes. and expressed Is preferences for
this STAT. than bave she experisnce of
soEne tOwss, which havs mushroom
grnSth fer feW years. then relapse
into an almost abandoned town.
And, when the miners landed In great
runbers IN Victoria, 90 rsats 70 British
Columbia. and covered acre upan aore
OF land, witb canvas bosses. Sic James
was aUazed, and speaking with Mr..
Hibbard. q Wholesale liqnoF merchant
of PORT Townsend. who hsppeasd In
Victoria. and called on tue Governor,
be eaqnsrea; Are the Americans like
sheepf Can thew hrowseF Gan they
erswse iiks sheepg How will they feed
themselvesf fhs eeld ooaatry is desti-
tats OF subsistence"
FRpN nkSCRoFr's HISTORY.
Bat We have Distinguished con
temporary historian, Mr. II. II. Ban
croft, VITO has spared neither money,
time, ncr laber. who has travelled far 50
commune With msn living whose namss
be ess encountered ss premiBsnt actors
"a the carrent history, 90 obtain facts
disecs fFom thee who knag whereof
they speak. and has collected numerous
valuable mAnasoFipts bearing apon the
h'st1rv Of British Columbia. aud the
gc.d excitement. Amang his collection.
aad Evsns' Fraser River ExsseuaeRt
MS. y -" aud John NuEenta report
~ SPECIAL AGENT et the DATED States,
cent - Brush Columbia. Thirty am
Congress. "a Sasaoa.
Mr.. Bancroft gives us consistent
aud int ligAals aceuant 81 the origin.
ri<e and progress Of the gold sxsite
meet, aud stinsilv tells as kow We
terra s,s1 acquired Us tnp1rtknee. Ga
pAee NJ, vnl XXI. be savs; bat h
= ! aotfal Wheeler Victoria wouid have
ssined The asceadsRey - saan. hut fst
snoibeF circumstance more patsrt than
the goEHrnrfaof rssufaffaF1a p 80